[OpenMadrigal-developers] Plans for the MadrigalWeb python module

[Shunrong Zhang]

Hi Bill,

Minor comments about the the options for globalIsprint:

> 
> Usage:
> 
> globalIsprint --url=<Madrigal url> --parms=<Madrigal parms>
>                --output=<output file> [options]
> 
> where:

> 
> --inst=<instrument list> - comma separated list of instrument codes or names.
>                             See Madrigal documentation for this list.  Defaults
>                             to allow all instruments. If names are given, the
>                             argument must be enclosed in double quotes.
> 
>                             Examples::
> 
>                                 --inst=10,30
> 
>                                 --inst="Jicamarca IS Radar,Arecibo IS Radar"

Can we not use the full name of the instruments, but something like, 
                                  --inst="Jica,Arecibo"
that returns data for instrument name containing "Jica" and "Arecibo" ?


> 
> --kindat=<kind of data list> - comma separated list of kind of data codes.  See
>                                 Madrigal documentation for this list.  Defaults
>                                 to allow all kinds of data.  If names are given,
>                                 the  argument must be enclosed in double quotes.
> 
>                                 Examples::
> 
>                                      --kindat=3001,13201
> 
>                                      --kindat="INSCAL Basic Derived
>                                        Parameters,(efwind) Derived Parameters:
>                                        E+F regions: winds/electric fields/ion
>                                        drifts"

Similar to --inst, can we use
                                     --kindat="INSCAL"
to search everthing with "INSCAL"? In the Sondrestrom case where there are
31 kindat's, this will be great if we use --kindat="FITTED" to represent
those 10 kindat's containing "FITTED".


> 
>                          filter=gdalt,-,sdwht,0,  (Accept when gdalt >
>                             shadowheight - that is, point in direct sunlight)
> 

I don't quite understand filter=gdalt,-,sdwht,0. I thought I could use
filter=gdalt,sdwht,- to define the low limit as sdwht and leave the upper
limit open to accept data with gdalt>sdwht ...



>                          filter=gdalt,200,300,1000,1200 (Accept when 200 <= gdalt
>                            <= 300 OR 1000 <= gdalt <= 1200)
I like this very much ...


> 
> --showFiles - if given, show file names.  Default is to not show file names.
  and not to leave a blank line between two data files ?



> 
> --showSummary - if given, summarize all arguments at the beginning. Default is
>                  to not show summary.
but always to show the mnemonics ?


Other than the above, I still like the isprint option,

 badval=<bad value string> (defaults to "missing")

I know we can use a filter to get rid of data with "missing",
but sometimes we don't want to reject data for other parameters even
though this particular one is missing, or a filter isn't a good
choice. For example, when By and Bz (GSMBY, GSMBZ) data are missing, we
still want to list Nel, Te, etc. Then it'll be nice to simply set the
"missing" to -9999.0.

This is all I can think of so far.

Shunrong